Definition of DISTRIBUTION in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DISTRIBUTION
In probate practice. The apportionment and division, under authority of a court, of the remainder of the estate of an intestate, after payment of the debts and charges, among those who are legally entitled to share in the same. Rogers v. Gillett, 56 Iowa, 266, 9 N.W. 204.
Statute of Distributions
A law prescribing the manner of the distribution of the estate of an intestate among his heirs or relatives. Such statutes exist in all the states.
In general. The giving out or division among a number, sharing or parceling out, allotting, dispensing, apportioning. People v. Dime Say. Bank, 350 Ill. 503, 183 N.E. 604, 608.
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